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OC is committed to your success and personal enrichment. Take classes, earn certificates or two-year degrees, apply to one of OC's four-year programs, or work with one of the college's university partners.

OC enriches our diverse communities through quality education and student support. With three campuses spanning Kitsap and Mason counties, OC provides the options to serve these areas and every point in between.

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Olympic College ended January with a fascinatingly fun event called Black Light Dodge Ball which took place in the gym of the Bremer Student Center (Building 10). This dodge ball game was totally different than anything we had ever played before. Everyone wore bright colored clothes while playing entirely in the dark. The exception to this darkness was the balls themselves which were glow-in-the-dark. This event gathered international students, students from the residence hall, and many more. Some staff members were even there to join in the fun.

Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year or Spring festival, is China’s most important celebration. It is also the most important for families ensuring for a week-long official public holiday every year.

Chinese New Year 2020 falls on Saturday, January 25th, 2020, beginning a year of the Rat. In celebration, the international office held a Lunar New Year celebration event in the Bremer Student Center (Building #10) on Thursday, January 30, 2020 from 12 pm to 2 pm.

On Thursday, December 5th, a poetry reading was held in Building 4 Room 129 to celebrate the end of Professor Arlene Plevin’s poetry class. Each of her students read three poems they had written themselves. All students and faculty were welcome to come to watch and listen. Pizza and other snacks were also provided. The poetry offered a variety of topics from personal experiences to abstract interpretations of natural events. In Free, a student wrote from the voice of a child in foster care, never feeling as though they belonged in the families they lived with.

Do you like competitions? Do you love spicy food? On Wednesday, November 6th, there was a chance for OC students to come to try all kinds of spicy food in the form of chili. Hosted by the military and veterans program located in Building 11, the event started at 11:30 AM and ended at 1:30 PM.

A Chili Cook-Off is a social event, similar to a barbecue, in which competitors prepare their own particular recipe for chili and submit it for taste testing.

Last Thursday celebrated Halloween 2019, a favorite holiday among students of all ages. It is always a holiday of fun and creativity where people can let their imaginations run wild.

In celebration, the OC Student Government held a Snack & Chat event in the Bremer Student Center (Building 10) from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. It was a lot of fun for many with all kinds of games and snacks.

Who else was pumped for Pumpkin Day on Tuesday? For the second day of OC’s Halloween spirit week, students were encouraged to wear orange to show spirit and gather in Building 12 from 12-2PM to paint some pumpkins. Oatmeal cookies were provided in honor of National Oatmeal Day, as well as some other cookies and desserts. There were many beautifully painted pumpkins created by the students to really set the mood for fall.

On Monday (April 22nd), to celebrate Earth Week, a story read-aloud and discussion session was held in the library from 1pm-2pm. To make things even better, free cookies, juice, and milk were provided! The story featured was The Sound Machine by Roald Dahl. Read by librarian, Heather Newcomer, it tells of an inventor by the name of Klausner who designs a sound amplifying machine. When in operation, it projects sounds of frequencies below the human-perceivable range and translates them so they can be observed. This includes sounds produced by plants.